Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Printing from Macs
From: Dean Batten (dbatten@batcon.com)
Date: Thu Feb 05 1998 - 06:15:31 EST
Jesse Swensen wrote:
>
> Let's try again....
>
> At 12:26 PM -0800 1/28/98, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> >Also, why are you having the macs print to a printer queue which points to
> >an Appletalk printer? Why not just have them print directly?
Evidently, because you *don't* have an Appletalk printer.
> I have watched several threads that have hinted at the Macs printing
> directly to the printer, but have not found specific instructions. The
> several Mini HOWTOs and FAQs I have read all have the linux box spooling
> the print job and running it through ghostscript. I have this type of
> setup and it is running OK. I do have problems every now and then with
> postscript error and feel it would be better to let the DeskJet driver send
> the print job rather than the LaserWriter driver. Currently the PC can
> print direct, so why not the Mac.
Because the printer is connected to the PC, not the Mac!
> My set up is as follows:
>
> Mac, PC, Linux. All are on ethernet.
> DeskJet 855c connected to the Linux box on the parallel port.
If the printer is connected to the PC printer port, you must go through
the PC to get to it.
The references you have seen to printing directly to printers from Macs
assume that the printer is connected and communicating directly on a
network. In my case, my printer is an Ethernet-connected printer, and,
in many cases, AppleTalk is run on a lower speed "LocalTalk" network
using either Apple serial cables or phone wire.
Now, I suspect you really meant to ask: How can I have the Mac DeskJet
driver generate the file and spool through the Linux box without
filtering through ghostscript? This, I will leave to someone who has
done this...
> If there is a set of instruction that would be great...
>
> Thanks,
> Jesse
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